Innisfail News

This season's heavy rainfalls across Central Alberta have triggered calls for provincial help to deal with stressed municipal pipeline systems.

Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and Canada Post have agreed to extend the union's 72-hour notice in an attempt to reach an agreement. The 24-hour extension means there will be no job action taken by union members until Tuesday morning, Aug.

Tender calls are out to contractors to submit the best bid to modernize and expand the 35-year-old Town Hall for the future. Helen Dietz, the town's chief administrative officer, told council at its Aug.

A Winnnipeg-based grain company says it is “100 per cent” going ahead with its planned Bowden-area grain handling facility at the intersection of Highway 587 and Rge. Rd.

Penhold council approved the purchase of a new tender truck for its fire department from the City of Red Deer. Capt. Steve Harris of the Penhold Fire Department made a presentation to council at a council meeting on Aug. 8.

Three years ago six family members of the late Robert Earl Anger, a First World War veteran who died in Innisfail 30 years ago, went to Europe to take a solemn but heartfelt tour of the battlefields.

The highly anticipated high-throughput grain terminal planned for Niobe is now in jeopardy of being derailed. The $30 to $40 million project, a kilometre north of Innisfail, was announced by GrainsConnect Canada last winter.

Innisfail senior Bernice Stewart has launched a petition against the planned transmission line over Cook Lake. Stewart, who will soon be 74, launched an online ‘Save Cook Lake's Sacred Swans' petition two weeks ago.

With just days remaining in the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) strike mandate, talks with Canada Post seem to be at an impasse.

Innisfail Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram recently celebrated its first anniversary. To mark the occasion, the local business held a $15,000 grand prize draw, which was open to those who purchased a vehicle between May 1 and Aug. 2.